Best way to access a SQL Server database using C# .Net

Question

I am new to .NET and have heard about several different ways of querying a SQL Server databse such as ADO.NET and the entity framework.

Can anyone give me some advis

Answer 1

LINQ to SQL is pretty easy to work with. You can drag and drop your database tables into the designer and write pretty simple queries in a few minutes.

    NorthwindDataContext db = new NorthwindDataContext();

    var products = from p in db.Products
                   select p;

Which would basically translate into SELECT * FROM Products

A few other select samples:

    var products = from p in db.Products
                   where p.Category.Name == "Beverages"
                   select p;

    var products = from p in db.Products
                   orderby p.Name
                   select p;